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Document number: 4998
Date: Sun 19 May 1844
Dating: May confirmed by calendar and by Constance's illness
Harold White: 19 May or 19 May 1844
Recipient: TALBOT William Henry Fox
Author: TALBOT Constance, née Mundy
Collection: British Library, London, Manuscripts - Fox Talbot Collection
Last updated: 21st December 2010

Sunday

My dear Henry

Mr Kenrick <1> did call yesterday after eight o’clock being only then going home to his dinner. – He approved of my progress & promised to call tomorrow to see if I required any further prescription. I am really almost as well as usual today – with the exception of my cough – & that is better – So I shall be quite able to enjoy our visitors tomorrow – particularly as Lady Elisabeth <2>is really coming today – and will take upon herself all the extra fatigue of entertaining them off my mind –

I had a very kind note from Lady E this morning, telling me she should come by the 2 o’clock train –

How very late you would be last night in reaching Sackville St! <3> – I hope you slept well after your cold journey – but I am afraid you could scarcely have slept as well as I did – for I never moved all night! – Isn’t that a proof that I am getting well? –

Your affectionate
Constance

Notes:

1. Dr George Cranmer Kenrick, surgeon living at The Grove, Melksham.

2. Lady Elisabeth Theresa Feilding, née Fox Strangways, first m Talbot (1773–1846), WHFT’s mother.

3. 31 Sackville Street, London residence of the Feildings, often used as a London base by WHFT.

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